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    Time Out!: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Dealing with Challenging Children

    Time Out!: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Dealing with Challenging Children

    by Malin Alfvén, Kristina Hofsten


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      ISBN-13: 9781629148816
    • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
    • Publication date: 02/10/2015
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 160
    • File size: 7 MB

    Malin Alfvén: Malin Alfvén worked for twenty-five years as a child and parental psychologist in maternal and child health care in Stockholm. Now she has a private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
    Kristina Hofsten: Kristina Hofsten is a journalist and has been writing about children and parents in the Swedish magazine, We Parents, for twenty-five years. She has written several parenting books and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Table of Contents

    You are not alone! 9

    Defiance and maturity 11

    Defiance is something we do throughout life 13

    A starting point for something new 14

    Is it my fault? 15

    The child makes you the parent you are 16

    Pondering and processing around the clock 18

    There are no simple solutions 18

    Seven leaps during the first year 21

    All the leaps consist of three phases 24

    Developmental leaps 25

    Nine months old - time for passion 31

    Now we require more of the child 34

    Love for the parents 37

    Tumultuous period 38

    Two years old - period of frontal collisions 41

    "I can do it myself" 44

    Dare to get angry 46

    Putting your foot down 49

    There is always a reason 51

    Defiance - mostly towards the parents 52

    Four years old - the world opens up 57

    The child becomes social 60

    Both small and big 62

    Helpful - at least while away 63

    Mom and Dad are the best 65

    Struggle of the giants 66

    Fears 69

    Six years old - little teenage years 73

    Moderate responsibility 76

    Fun and friends 77

    Time of changes 78

    Anxiety in the body 81

    Anxiety in the soul 82

    The child needs resistance 83

    Extra-demanding children - more of everything 89

    Controlling parents and siblings 92

    What can we do? 93

    Write down the rules 94

    Alphabet kids are something else 96

    About Isaac, five years old: "I try everything, but nothing works" 99

    About Klara, three years old: "The only thing that helps me is holding her" 105

    About Ellen, almost four years old: "She controls the whole family with an iron fist" 107

    About Jacob, seven years old: "Jacob is not in a defiant phase; he is this way" 110

    Around nine years old - the forgotten years 117

    The adult world beckons and frightens 120

    The environment becomes increasingly important 121

    To belong 122

    Wild mixing 124

    Many do not feel well 126

    Divorce 127

    Twelve wars old - a period of transition 131

    Too small and too big 133

    Private room 135

    The big questions of life 136

    Adolescence - goodbye to childhood 141

    Who loves a teenager? 143

    Pregnant - something entirely new 147

    Preapring for the unexpected 150

    The relationship changes 152

    Living in the present and in the past 152

    The self-image changes 154

    Pink clouds and black holes 155

    The baby will do well 156

    Index 159

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    "I've failed as a parent," is a common statement of resignation when a child suddenly becomes awkward, defiant, angry, or generally impossible. What worked to calm them down a year ago might not necessarily work now and the parent blames herself for being too lenient or too strict.

    There's usually nothing developmentally wrong with an unruly child, but it can be a pain to deal with. Written by two child psychologists, outlines all of the developmental stages toddlers, children, and adolescents transition through, and how their behavior reflects that.

    With humorous anecdotes from real parents who have dealt with the same "crises" as most other parents, this guide offers hands-on-advice to deal with problems and also laugh a little.

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